EnGarde 3.0.22 DoS Risk Update: Wireshark Security Advisory

Guardian Digital is happy to announce the release of EnGarde Secure Community 3.0.22 (Version 3.0, Release 22). This release includes many updated packages and bug fixes and some feature enhancements to the EnGarde Secure Linux Installer and the SELinux policy.

Anyone who spends a lot of time working on a computer can speak volumes on the value of a change of scenery. Spending all of your time in the same chair in the same room can lead to a strong sense of monotony that can drive productivity into the ground.

Computer hacker George Samuel Bronk, 23, of Citrus Heights California, pleaded guilty to seven felony charges which included hacking into e-mail accounts and Facebook accounts of women in 17 states and in England.

The Wireshark development team has released version 1.2.14 and 1.4.3 of its open source, cross-platform network protocol analyser. According to the developers, the security updates address a high-risk vulnerability (CVE-2010-4538) that could allow a remote attacker to initiate a denial of service (DoS) attack or possibly execute arbitrary code on a victim's system.

NSS Labs, Inc., the leading independent security testing organization, today announced the release of its latest Network Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) Comparative Group Test Report for the fourth quarter of 2010.

A Catholic school board has taken action after learning a young hacker in accessed confidential records, including provincial test scores. John Mackle, education director at the Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board, said the Grade 8 pupil at St. Anne's School in Peterborough's north end found his way -- via his laptop, a piece of downloaded software and the board's internal network -- into a board file server containing provincewide test results.

Worried about someone ease dropping on your cell phone calls? Then try out a new mobile application called Kryptos. "It enables you to have conversations that are free from being intercepted by anybody," said Stephen Carnes, president of Kryptos Communications Inc.

Amazon's web hosting business could be making it easier for hackers to steal information such as wireless passwords, according to a German security expert. Thomas Roth, a security consultant, told Reuters that he was using Amazon's cloud-based computer services to run wireless password hacking tools, with some success.

Amazon's cloud computing service has been used to break into a wireless network. But the company notes that its the security system itself that's the problem.

Hackers compromised North Korean media profiles on Saturday to mock the country's heir apparent, Kim Jong Un, on his birthday. North Korea's YouTube channel was commandeered to post satirical footage depicting a caricature of Kim Jong Un at the wheel of a luxury sports car and out of control, mowing down women and children at the side of the road.

The Spanish Ministry of the Interior has expressed its regret that an international crackdown on IT masterminds inside the violent Basque separatist group ETA was dubbed "Operation Linux". Apparently, penguin-loving outfits are complaining that the antiterrorist operation sullies their good name.

The latest tests of crucial equipment used to protect Internet-facing corporate networks show they are improving but are far from perfect in stopping hacker attacks. IPS (Intrusion protection systems) are often the front-line guard at the door of the Internet and used to detect sophisticated attacks designed to steal information or execute fraud.

Earlier this month, researchers with Symantec's MessageLabs noted spam volumes had dropped dramatically as Rustock, the largest of the spam botnets, went quiet. Researchers aren't sure why this happened -- only that global spam levels dropped massively as a result. Not surprisingly as Rustock is responsible for 88 percent of all global spam.